With IT outsourcing and offshoring on the rise, technology professionals in Australia have been forced to upgrade their skills and turn to industry certification to stay ahead. But are they on the right path?
New Zealand's largest company, dairy group Fonterra, is considering outsourcing its worldwide information services functions to HCL in India.
Australian smartcard developer ERG has decided to outsource software development to India in a move that could be a blow to local industry.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) today confirmed that there would be "some redundancies" among the 450-strong Australian remote support team for its managed services business, as work is offshored to an HP facility in Malaysia.
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Aussie smartcard vendor ERG has decided to outsource to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and you can't help but think of the Qantas example.
Outsourcing and layoffs in the IT industry are a fact of life. While you cannot necessarily prevent being laid off, you can take steps to mitigate the impact when it happens.
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The practice of outsourcing will undergo a dramatic transformation over the next ten years, according to Gartner analyst Rolf Jester, who adds that offshore outsourcing will just be one of many adjustments.
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